[SM-Discuss] xen-new spell

Jason Flatt jflatt at sourcemage.org
Wed Apr 19 11:40:14 EDT 2006


On Monday 17 April 2006 07:09 pm, Jeremy Blosser (emrys) wrote:
> Here's a xen-new spell since people have been asking for it.  I can't
> commit it right now but I want to push it out to people and move on to scm
> stuff again.
>
> Caveats:
> - it's WIP
> - you need to edit grub yourself, see the xen docs
> - I know both versions compile but haven't booted anything with them yet
> - if you say you want to configure the kernels it will build the kernels
>   twice, this is because I want to use their makefile as much as possible
>   to avoid the breakage the existing xen spells encountered
> - no attempt is made to merge in your existing kernel configs or store the
>   ones you create (though the full xen build directory is persistent and
>   they're in there)
> - see the WIP file for more

I just wanted to mention that Jeremy has also created a Install under Xen 
HOWTO [0].

Also, while that HOWTO does give a brief overview of how Xen compares to some 
"other virtualization technologies", it would be nice if someone in the know 
would create a document that gives a little more information in that area.  
Maybe even including a compare and contrast table that lists Xen, VMWare, 
Bochs, QEMM and any other relevantly related program, and when and why (or 
why not) you might use each one, etc.

[0] http://wiki.sourcemage.org/Install_under_Xen

-- 
Jason Flatt
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